Oliver Lilford

Experience

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  Bruce Hall

  Mar 2017 - Mar 2018

  Sports Representative

  In my capacity as sports representative, I liaised with ANU and other residential halls to help ensure the smooth running of the inter-college sports, as well as promote participation among Bruce Hall residents. I also took responsibility for both setting an example of positive sideline culture and calling out poor behaviour to encourage a healthy engagement with inter-hall sports. Beyond sports, I also actively supported the wider student leadership team in organising and executing a variety of events for residents throughout the year, including community-building and educational events. These events were carefully designed and run in order to meet the diverse needs of the residential community, including being disability and gender inclusive. Show less

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  The Australian National University

  Jan 2018 - Jun 2019

  Senior Resident

  Senior resident scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic performance and community service to the ANU halls of residence. It is a competitive award and provides exceptional opportunities for development of leadership skills within a diverse residential community. Collaborating with a team with other SRs, I worked to ensure the wellbeing of our residents and provide pastoral care where needed. This ranged from providing academic advice to being a first responder in mental health crises or emergencies. In my capacity as an SR, I also helped collaboratively develop solutions to problems arising in the residential community around mental health, physical well-being, and gender and sexuality advocacy. Show less

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  Batyr

  Feb 2018 - Jan 2022

  Speaker

  Batyr is a youth-led mental health education and advocacy organization that delivers mental-health awareness programs for high school and university students across Australia. Within the Canberra team I played a key role in these programs by delivering an account of my lived experience with mental ill-health in a safe and informative manner. In this role, I travelled to local schools and universities and shared my journey to managing my mental health effectively to students in order to help challenge the stigma surrounding mental ill-health and to promote help-seeking behaviours. Show less

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  Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  Jul 2019 - Apr 2020

  2019 New Colombo Plan Scholar (Fiji)

  The New Colombo Plan is a signature initiative of the Australian Government which aims to lift knowledge of the Indo-Pacific in Australia by supporting Australian university students' study in the region. It involves a prestigious scholarship program for academic study, internships, and mentorships. For my program, I spent 9 months in Fiji undertaking study at the University of the South Pacific and interning at the South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme.

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  Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

  Feb 2022 - Mar 2023

  Graduate

  I participated in a dedicated year-long graduate development program, undertaking three placements in different portfolios within DAFF. In doing so, I conducted impactful research and providing evidence-based policy advice on a range of issues, including drought policy, soil policy, and climate change adaptation within the Australian Fisheries Management Authority. In recognition of my work, I was promoted to the position of Policy Officer at the completion of the program.

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  The Australian National University

  Feb 2022 - now

  I was selected to tutor a core second-year undergraduate course with the ANU's Fenner School of Environment and Society titled “Indigenous Natural and Cultural Resource Management”. In this role, I tutored two weekly classes of approximately 30 students on the fundamental aspects of Indigenous relationships to lands, waters, and cultural sites in Australia and internationally, as well as Indigenous perspectives on the natural environment, knowledge systems and practices, and settler state legal and policy frameworks. I also provided markinng support to the course coordinators. Show less

  • Research Officer

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Tutor

    Feb 2022 - Jun 2023
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  Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG)

  Jun 2023 - Dec 2023

  Volunteer

  PANG is a leading Pacific civil society organisation advocating internationally on issues of social, economic, and environmental justice. In volunteering with PANG, I helped lead the expansion of their advocacy work into geopolitics and security in the Indo-Pacific region. I developed a three part discussion paper series on AUKUS and great power competition and delivered as series of webinars to build PANG staff and civil society partners’ capacity on these issues.